Abstract: Correspondence, clippings, flyers, legal documents, book notes, organizational prospectus, notes, legal expense records, mailing
lists, invoices, personal advertising inquiries, private periodicals (personals), photographs, and other material from Richard
L. Schlegel, 1959-1972. Schlegel was a gay civil rights activist who pursued a wrongful termination suit against the Department
of the Army to the Supreme Court. During the 1960s and early 1970s he also published two quarterly gay publications based
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

creator:
Schlegel, Richard L.

Biographical Note

Richard L. Schlegel was a gay civil rights activist and publisher who pursued a wrongful termination suit against the Department
of the Army to the Supreme Court. In addition, during the 1960s and early 1970s he published two gay quarterly publications
based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were
given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, clippings, flyers, legal documents, book notes, organizational prospectus, notes, legal expense records, mailing
lists, invoices, personal advertising inquiries, periodicals, photographs, and other material from gay activist and publisher
Richard L. Schlegel, 1959-1972. Schlegel was a gay civil rights activist who pursued a wrongful termination suit (circa 1959)
against the Department of the Army to the Supreme Court. During the 1960s and early 1970s, he published two mail-order gay
quarterly publications:
PACE, a
Playboy-style magazine for gay and bisexual men, and
Gay Male Swinger, "a vehicle for our gay correspondence club") based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The collection has two emphases: Schlegel
v. United States, Schlegel's wrongful termination suit; and correspondence related to Schlegel's
PACE and
Gay Male Swinger. Three folders contain domestic and international correspondence largely concerned with personal advertisements to
Gay Male Swinger.